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Multimedia pitches Animation |
 Building
a business model around the Home Entertainment & Interactive
market is something that very few animation players in the country
have opted for.
Times Multimedia, the multimedia arm of media conglomerate Timesgroup,
is one of the strong players in this field.
Here is a case
study on Times Multimedia's affair with animation, which
discusses in detail, critical issues such as content, marketing,
distribution, pricing, packaging, and consumer habits.
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Headlines
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NITTE-Toonskool
to commence 3 yr diploma course
This
will be for the first time that a 3 year diploma
course in animation engineering is being offered
by a college in the country. The
institute is also starting niche courses on
subjects like animation application in medical institutions,
animation in engineering, animation in architecture
and animation in marketing (Corporate A/Vs). |
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Team
India's anticipation from MIPCOM
 In
today's times of globalization, the whole world
is a marketplace, and on the days that MIPCOM is
on, MIPCOM
seems to be the whole world's marketplace as
far as AV content is concerned. |
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Dhruva's Chaplin mobile game
due for Nov. release
Come
November and bangalore based game developer,
Dhruva Interactive, plans to release the first
in a series of games that it is developing around
cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin.
Dhruva CEO Rajesh Rao told Animation 'xpress,
"We worked hard to articulate our plans
and concepts and to convince the Chaplin family
that we would upkeep the values associated with
Chaplin."
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| Industry
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| Briefs |
 Pyramid
Entertainment acquires Indian home video rights
for 3 European animated movies
The Movies are
'Tale of three bears from Spain and Papyrus and
Jojo from France. The distributor has in the past
6 months acquired and sold the Indian rights for
more than 10 animated movies and 200 episodes including
Pokemon. |
Discreet
releases 3D Max 7
The Mumbai launch
was very well attended and some of the new features
had the audience appluading. Raman Madan, regional
manager for South East Asia and the Indian sub continent
told Animation 'xpress that he was confident that
this new version would have a lot of the animation
community queing up for upgrades. |
IDC
grooming animators with individualistic styles
 The
Industrial Design center which is within the IIT
Campus at Powai, Mumbai, has an elective course
in animation as part of its Visual Communication
curriculum. Shilpa Ranade, who is in charge of the
animation department, laments
that there is no personal animation in India. She
says, "Out here at IDC we try and encourage
students to explore their own individualistic styles"
Watch out for Animation
'xpress'
interview with Prof.
Shilpa next
week. |
Is
China the big destination for Indian game developers
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Know which way
the wind blows?
Animation 'xpress sniffs a trend that seems to be
growing within the small community of Indian game
developers. There are quite a few small studios
based out of Gurgaon, Noida and Delhi that are making
inroads into the Chinese market. And amongst the
biggies.... well more about it later. We will verify
facts, reasearch some and get back to you with a
detailed Trend Watch Report. Mail us if you
have any info to share on this.
Meanwhile we will share one small bit of info that
a source gave us. Reportedly there are cybercafes
in Beijing that have (Hold Your breath) 1500 seats.
Reason enough for India's game developers to practice
eating with chopsticks isn't it? |
Is
a big Hyderabad based studio opening a Mumbai branch?
We will let you
know once news is verified.
Even while breaking news
is a our job, for Animation 'xpress it is always
credibility first. And of course we believe that
God is in the details. |
| Animation
news from Indiantelevision.com |
Cartoon
Network to telecast ‘Digimon Adventures’
MUMBAI: Digimon Adventures will be aired on
6 October. The show will be aired from Monday to
Friday at 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Read |
Cartoon
Network plans 'sleep-inducing' stunt
MUMBAI: Talk about weird stunts. Cartoon Network
has announced its Sheep in the Big City character
will be replacing its regular scheduled programming
with a "sleep-inducing" programme that
will air between midnight to 5 am on 1 October.
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Newslinks
from other Publications - National & International
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P&G,
McDonald's tie-up with Disney's new animation movie
The Economic Times, India |
Cartoon
shorts become popular TV, film spinoffs
Daily Breeze |
Hospital
to fight Disney over Peter Pan rights
Telegraph.co.uk |
New
five-issue limited Star Wars Comics Due
addict3d.org |
A
Guide to Japanese Animation since 1917
Anime News Network |
A
sea of famous voices in Shark Tale reflect celebrity
trend
Sun-Sentinel.com |
Pixar
plans spur animated fight
Oakland Tribune |
Animation
my be Singapore's next big export
Channel News Asia, Singapore |
Miramax
entering animation market
Los Angeles Daily News |
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Past
Issues of
Animation 'xpress |
24
September 04
Crest
founder Dr. Raja Ramanna passes away. |
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September 04
Interview
with Rhythm & Hues India director of operations,
Saraswathi Balgam. |
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September 04
Pentamedia's
Buddha release set for september. |
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August 04
Interview
with CGI Mantra chairman Aniyan Kutty |
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12
August 04
TRP's
tango to the parle bongo beat |
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2
August 04
New
animation studio coming up at Mumbai |
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23
July 04
The
Importance of Industry based training in Animation
-by Ranjit Singh |
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14
July 04
Paradox
Studios launches Battledust |
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07
July 04
Animax
launches in India. |
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30
June 04
Anigraph
goes house full on final day |
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21
June 04
Up
close with 2nz CEO
Kireet Khurana |
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14
June 04
Color
Chips India abuzz with activity |
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31
May 04
Wireless
downloads galore for 'The Day After Tomorrow'
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24
May 04
CgA
World : Special Coverage |
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17
May 04
Interview
with Toonz Animation CEO P Jayakumar |
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10
May 04
Interview
with PTL Executive Director G V Narsimha Rao |
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03
May 04
Tenali
Raman to speak five languages for ETV |
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26
April 04
Imperfection
in Animation
- Guest Column penned by Animation Veteran Tom Gasek.
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